ECD COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP) DATE: 14 AUGUST 2014 TIME: 13H15 TO 14H00 VENUE: GIBS, 26 MELVILLE ROAD, ILLOVO Update on QCTO process: ECD Practitioner

ECD Practitioner Occupational Qualification means a qualification associated with a trade, occupation or profession resulting from work-based learning and consisting of knowledge unit standards, practical unit standards and work experience unit standards OFO Code:

ECD Practitioner in Context Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 ECD Practitioner Assistant ECD Practitioner ECD Practitioner / Supervisor

PROCESS Pre-scoping Meeting: 11 th June 2013 Scoping Meeting: 26 th June 2013 Profiling Meeting: June 25 th and 26 th 2014 First Working Group Meeting: August 4 th -6 th Second Working Group Meeting: September 1 st – 5th

Profiling Meeting Develop a profile of the occupation ECD Practitioner  Occupational Purpose  Occupation Tasks  Occupational Task details – Unique products / services; Occupational responsibilities and Occupational Contexts  Proposed assessment models: The proposed assessment model to be used for external assessment will be a combination of Written Assessment, Evaluation of practical tasks and the Evaluation of on-the job performance. Needs to be sent out for verification (8 August 2014)

Occupational Purpose Knowledge / theory (Min 20%) Practical (Min 20%) Work experience (Min 20%) External, summative assessment Occupational Certificate FLC

First working group meeting DAY 1: Re-examination of profile  Input from QCTO that need to focus task statements on: planning and preparing; mediating and facilitating; Assessing and developing professionalism through reflection. Group motivated for additional task of promoting well-being, health, safety and protection of children.  Reduction of task statements from 7 to 5 tasks  Re-defining of products / services, occupational responsibilities and occupational contexts.

First working group meeting DAY 2 and 3: Knowledge component TaskProduct / service Knowledge focus area / Subject Topic Topic element Assessment criteria

First working group meeting Suggested Modules: 1. Introduction to ECD Environment 2. Knowledge and Understanding of Children 3. Programme planning 4. Designing activities, resources and the learning environment 5. Observation and Assessment 6. Health, safety and protection in an inclusive ECD environment 7. Facilitate the learning of children 8. Engaging with parents, caregivers and critical stakeholders. 9. Manage an ECD setting 10. Professional Development and Reflective Practice

Next working group meeting Dates: 1 – 5 September 2014 Working group  4 DOE and 4 DSD members  Linda Biersteker  Colleen Larkin  Gill Lloyd  Patsy Pillay  Rasibe Tshweu  Charmayne Forster  Linda Arnott  Amanda Watermeyer  (additional member from higher education)